The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

VERNE, JULES (Gabriel) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Journey to the Center of the Earth (Kensington/Hallmark Entertainment 1-57566-533-6, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $5.50, 303pp, pb) Reprint (Griffith 1872) SF novel. A TV movie tie-in edition, with 16 unpaginated pages of color photos. This indicates second printing.

VESS, CHARLES (1951- ) (chron.)

• * _Stardust (with Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.

VIDAL, GORE; [i.e., Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr.] (1925- ) (chron.)

• * _The Smithsonian Institution (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-600648-0, Sep ’99, $13.00, 260pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1998) surreal, quasi-SF time-travel novel.

VILOTT, RHONDI; [i.e., Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz] (1949- ); see pseudonym Anne Knight (chron.)

VILOTT-SALSITZ, RHONDI A.; see under Vilott, Rhondi (chron.)

VINGE, JOAN D.; [i.e., Joan Carol Dennison Vinge Frenkel] (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *The Random House Book of Greek Myths (Random House 0-679-82377-8, Oct ’99, $25.00, 152pp, hc, cover by Oren Sherman) Associational young-adult non-fiction, a guide to gods and myths as retold by Vinge. Illustrated in color by Oren Sherman.

VINGE, VERNOR (Steffen) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *A Deepness in the Sky (Tor 0-312-85683-0, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $27.95, 606pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Fire Upon the Deep] SF novel, a standalone prequel (by 30,000 years) to the Hugo-winning A Fire Upon the Deep. Pham Nuwen and the Queng Ho interstellar trading fleet fight to protect a dormant alien population from an enemy fleet.
• * _A Deepness in the Sky (SFBC #20164, Jun ’99, $13.98, 607pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel, sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _A Deepness in the Sky (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-826-4, Jun ’99, £11.99, 607pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reprint (Tor 1999) epic SF novel. A prequel to the award-winning A Fire Upon the Deep. A hardcover edition (-825-6, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Deepness in the Sky (Tor 0-812-53635-5, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $6.99, 775pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel. Sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep.
• * _A Fire Upon the Deep (Tor 0-812-51528-5, Feb ’99 [Mar ’99], $5.99, 613pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reissue (Tor 1992) Hugo-winning far-future SF novel. Sixth printing.

VITOLA, DENISE (D.) (1957- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Radon File (Ace 0-441-00670-1, Oct ’99, $5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Ty Merrick] Near-future SF mystery, fifth in the series featuring lycanthropic detective Ty Merrick. An opera singer’s murder may spark revolution.
• * *The Red Sky File (Ace 0-441-00601-9, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Ty Merrick] Near-future SF mystery. Fourth in the series featuring lycanthropic detective Ty Merrick. Mutant monsters are killing sailors on the polluted Black River where it runs through a prison camp.

VOIGT, CYNTHIA (1942- ) (chron.)

• * *Elske (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-82472-6, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $18.00, 245pp, hc, cover by Jan Vermeer) [Kingdom] Young-adult almost-fantasy/quasi-medieval novel, fourth in the “Kingdom” cycle set in an imaginary land. Elske escapes being a human sacrifice and travels through Scandinavia-like countries.
• * _On Fortune’s Wheel (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-82957-4, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $5.50, 402pp, pb, cover by Jan Vermeer) [Kingdom] Reprint (Atheneum 1990, not previously listed) young-adult almost-fantasy/quasi-medieval novel, third in the “Kingdom” cycle set in an imaginary land.

von ARNIM, BETTINE (chron.)

• * *The Life of High Countess Gritta von Ratsinourhouse (with Gisela von Arnim Grimm) (University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-9620-7, Aug ’99 [Nov ’99], $15.00, 152 + xxxv, tp, cover by Peter Murphy) Literary satirical novel with fantasy elements about 12 girls fleeing a convent school. Written in the early 1840s but not published in full until 1986. First time in English; translated from the German Das Leben der Hochgrafin Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns by Lisa Ohm, who also provides a critical/historical introduction. A hardcover edition (-4665-X, $35.00) was announced but not seen. University of Nebraska Press, 312 North 14th St, PO Box 880484, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; credit card orders 800-755-1105.

VONNEGUT, KURT, Jr. (1922-2007) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction (Putnam 0-399-14505-2, Aug ’99, $24.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Paul Bacon) Collection of 23 “vintage” stories from the late ’40s and ’50s, published in book form for the first time, with a new autobiographical “Coda to My Career as a Writer for Periodicals”. Several stories have been edited and corrected. There is a new introduction by Vonnegut and a preface by Vonnegut scholar Peter Reed. (Contents)
• * _Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction (Jonathan Cape 0-224-06051-1, Sep ’99, £16.99, xviii+295pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1999) collection of 23 SF/mainstream stories from the 1950s and 60s, with a new introduction and coda by Vonnegut, and a preface by Peter Reed. Three of the stories have been revised for this edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Galápagos (Delta 0-385-33387-0, Jan ’99, $11.95, 324pp, tp, cover by Gene Greif) Reprint (Delacorte 1985) literary SF novel.
• * *God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (Seven Stories Press 1-58322-020-8, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $18.00, 79pp, hc, cover by Jules Feiffer) Original collection of brief, satirical, possibly fantastic, essays originally written for 90-second radio spots, a series of supposed interviews with 21 dead people conducted during deliberate near-death experiments, with an explanatory introduction by Vonnegut. Better-known subjects include Adolf Hitler, Isaac Asimov, Kilgore Trout, and William Shakespeare.
• * _Jailbird (Delta 0-385-33390-0, Jan ’99, $11.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Gene Greif) Reprint (Delacorte 1979) associational novel.
• * _Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation About Writing (with Lee Stringer) See entry under Lee Stringer.
• * _Player Piano (Delta 0-385-33378-1, Jan ’99, $11.95, 341pp, tp, cover by Gene Greif) Reissue (Scribner’s 1952) SF novel.
• * _The Sirens of Titan (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-884-1, Sep ’99, £6.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Dell 1959) satirical SF novel. Volume 18 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
• * _Slaughterhouse-Five (Delta 0-385-33384-6, Jan ’99, $11.95, 275pp, tp, cover by Gene Greif) Reissue (Delacort 1969) classic satirical SF novel.
• * _Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (Delta 0-385-33381-1, Jan ’99, $11.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Gene Greif) Reissue (Delacort 1974) associational non-fiction collection.

VORNHOLT, JOHN (Blair, Jr.) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Haunts in the House (Pocket Archway 0-671-02819-7, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $4.50, 134pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 27th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
• * *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Witchopoly (Pocket Archway 0-671-02806-5, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $4.50, 148pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 22nd in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Double Helix 4: Quarantine (Pocket 0-671-03477-4, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.50, 259pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Double Helix] Star Trek novelization, book four of six. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

WAID, MARK (chron.)

• * _Kingdom Come (with Alex Ross & Elliot S. Maggin) See entry under Elliot S. Maggin

WAITMAN, KATIE; [i.e., Katharine Lura Waitman] (1956- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Divided (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41437-3, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $12.95, 358pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) SF novel of a war-torn world and the female hero/demon on one side and the freedom fighter/terrorist on the other, brought together by an alien prophecy.

WAKEFIELD, H(erbert) RUSSELL (1888-1964) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Strayers from Sheol (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-79-6, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], $49.95, xxxi + 231pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Reprint (Arkham House 1961) collection of 19 horror stories; four previously uncollected stories have been added. Introduction by Barbara Roden. This is a limited edition of 500. (Contents)

WALDO, ANNA LEE (chron.)

• * *Circle of Stones (St. Martin’s 0-312-19843-4, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $25.95, 432pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Druid Circle] Historical novel with minor fantasy elements, first in “The Druid Circle” about the Welsh discovery of America three centuries before Columbus. A woman’s newborn son is believed to be the leader foretold by the Druids.

WALKER, LARS (chron.)

• * *Wolf Time (Baen 0-671-57815-4, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Contemporary fantasy novel. A history professor who can’t lie, a disc jockey, and a Norwegian poet find old Norse magic in Epsom, Minnesota.

WALKER, MARK (chron.)

• * *Earth Alien (Marwalk Publications 1-893332-00-4, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $12.95, 415pp, tp) SF novel of an earthman “engulfed by the Cosmic Storm” and left stranded on an alien world.

WALKER, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * *Danny Yates Must Die (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648380-1, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], £5.99, 322pp, pb) Humorous SF/fantasy novel. A first novel.

WALL, ALAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Richard Dadd in Bedlam and other stories (Secker & Warburg 0-436-22080-6, Jan ’99 [Nov ’98], £9.99, 226pp, tp) Associational collection of 15 stories, most original, with several of genre interest - including the SF novella, ‘A to Z’ (previously a limited edition booklet from Colophon Press). (Contents)

WALL, JOHN W. (1910-1989); see pseudonym Sarban (stories) (chron.)

WALLACE, (Richard Horatio) EDGAR (1875-1932) (chron.)

• * _The Green Rust (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-10-0, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], £4.99, xi+255pp, tp, cover by Bob Covington) Reprint (Ward, Lock 1919) SF thriller, with an Introduction by David Pringle. Available from PO Box 144, Polegate, East Sussex BN26 6NW.

WALLACE, SEAN (chron.)

• * _Eric Frank Russell: Our Sentinel in Space: A Working Bibliography (with Phil Stephensen-Payne) See entry under Phil Stephensen-Payne.

WALTERS, NICK (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Dominion (BBC Books 0-563-55574-2, May ’99, £4.99, 278pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.

WANDREI, DONALD (Albert) (1908-1987) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Colossus: The Collected Science Fiction of Donald Wandrei, Second Edition (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-45-3, Aug ’99 [Sep ’99], $29.00, 461pp, hc, cover by Jon Arfstrom) Reprint (Fedogan & Bremer 1989) collection of 23 stories, revised and expanded with two previously unpublished stories, a recently discovered preface by the author, and photos. Revised biographic introduction by Richard L. Tierney. Limited to 1,000 copies. Available from Fedogan & Bremer, 3721 Minnehaha Avenue S., Minneapolis MN 55406.

WARE, PAUL (chron.)

• * _Beyond Freedom (NEL 0-340-68916-1, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], £6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight of the Mariner] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) fantasy/SF novel. A sequel to Flight of the Mariner.

WARNEKE, SARA MARY (1957- ); see pseudonym Sara Douglass (stories) (chron.)

WARNER, MARINA (Sarah) (1946- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-22301-7, 1999 [Feb ’99], $35.00, 435pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study of the roles of monstrous males in fairy tales and horror. Includes notes and index. First US edition (Chatto & Windus 1998).

WARRINGTON, FREDA (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *The Amber Citadel (Earthlight 0-671-02190-7, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £5.99, 599pp, pb, cover by Mick van Houten) [Jewelfire Trilogy] Fantasy novel, book one of “The Jewelfire Trilogy”. Tanthe pursues her kidnapped sister as war develops between humans and shapechangers returning to the world after 250 years of exile.

WATT-EVANS, LAWRENCE (1954- ); see pseudonym Nathan Archer (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dragon Weather (Tor 0-312-86978-9, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $25.95, 480pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Obsidian Chronicles] Fantasy novel. Dragons slay a boy’s family and leave him obsessed with seeking justice.
• * _Dragon Weather (SFBC #06227, Nov ’99, $12.98, 480pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Obsidian Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

WATTS, PETER (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Starfish (Tor 0-312-86855-3, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $23.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Lenie Clarke] SF novel. Psychotic bioengineered workers in a Pacific rift face an ancient threat from below. A first novel.

WAUGH, SYLVIA (1935?- ) (chron.)

• * _Mennyms Alive (Avon Camelot 0-380-72943-1, Jun ’99, $4.50, 224pp, tp, cover by Patrick Benson) [Mennyms] Reprint (Julia MacRae 1996) young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the series about a family of rag dolls passing for human.

WEBB, DON (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Essential Saltes: An Experiment (St. Martin’s 0-312-20302-0, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $22.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) Associational mystery novel with dark fantasy/surreal elements. A used-bookstore owner and fireworks operator tries to find his dead wife’s stolen ashes.

WEBER, DAVID M. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Apocalypse Troll (Baen 0-671-57845-6, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $7.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) Reprint (Baen 1999) SF novel.
• * _Echoes of Honor (Baen 0-671-57833-2, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $7.99, 718pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Honor Harrington] Reprint (Baen 1998) military SF novel, eighth in the “Honor Harrington” series.
• * _Field of Dishonor (Baen 0-671-57820-0, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $4.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Honor Harrington] Reprint (Baen 1994 as Honor Harrington: Field of Dishonor) military SF novel, fourth in the “Honor Harrington” series. This is the first hardcover edition, at a special price.
• * _On Basilisk Station (Baen 0-671-57793-X, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $18.00, 342pp, hc, cover by Larry Schwinger) [Honor Harrington] Reprint (Baen 1993) military SF novel, first in the “Honor Harrington” series. This is the first hardcover edition.
• * _The War God’s Own (Baen 0-671-57792-1, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $7.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Bahzell Bahnakson] Reprint (Baen 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to Oath of Swords.

WEINBERG, ROBERT E(dward) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * _The Termination Node (with Lois H. Gresh) See entry under Lois H. Gresh

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• * _100 Hilarious Little Howlers (with Martin H. Greenberg & Stefan Dziemianowicz) See entry under Stefan Dziemianowicz.

WEINER, ADAM (chron.)

• * *By Authors Possessed: The Demonic Novel in Russia (Northwestern University 0-8101-1614-6, Nov ’98 [May ’99], $59.95, 318pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical examination of Russian works in which demons appear, focusing on Gogol, Dostoevsky, Bely, Bulgakov, and Nabokov. Includes notes, bibliography, This is dated 1998, but not seen until now. Order from Northwestern University Press, Chicago Distribution Center, 11030 South Langley Ave, Chicago IL 60628; credit card orders 800-621-2736; add $3.50 postage.

WEIS, MARGARET (Edith Baldwin) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dark Heart (with David Baldwin) (HarperPrism 0-06-105791-6, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $5.99, 433pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [*Dragon’s Disciple] Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) fantasy novel, book one of the “Dragon’s Disciple” series.
• * *DragonLance: Brothers in Arms (with Don Perrin) (TSR 0-7869-1429-7, Aug ’99, $6.99, 476pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) [DragonLance: Raistlin Chronicles] Fantasy novelization, based on the role-playing games. Book two of the “Raistlin Chronicles”. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *DragonLance: The Annotated Chronicles (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast/TSR 0-7869-1526-9, Nov ’99, $34.99, 1312pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [DragonLance: Chronicles] Reprint (TSR 1988 as DragonLance Chronicles) omnibus of the three novelizations in the original “DragonLance Chronicles” series: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (1984), Dragons of Winter Night (1985), and Dragons of Spring Dawning (1985). This adds a new prologue by Hickman, and extensive marginal notes by the authors. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * _DragonLance: The Soulforge (TSR 0-7869-1314-2, Jan ’99, $6.99, 408pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance: Raistlin Chronicles] Reprint (TSR 1998) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game. Volume one of “The Raistlin Chronicles”. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * _Hung Out (with Don Perrin) (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60069-1, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], £6.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Mag Force] Reprint (Gollancz 1998) SF novel, third in the “Mag Force” series.
• * _Nightsword (with Tracy Hickman) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42462-X, Aug ’99, $6.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Starshield] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) science fantasy novel, second in the “Starshield” series.
• * _The NightSword: A Starshield Novel (with Tracy Hickman) (Orbit 1-85723-728-5, Mar ’99, £6.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Starshield] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) science fantasy novel, second in the “Starshield” series. [First U.K. edition]